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A few years ago I was in touch with someone at Synology and was able to secure as DS920+ along with a DX517 expansion NAS unit which I have written reviews about. Fast forward to 2023 and I was again in touch with Nick Kozup at Synology, who graciously helped me secure a DS923+ NAS... Continue Reading →
Recently VMware released Update 1 for both VMware vCenter and ESXi. I successfully upgraded my vCenter but had to wait on the ESXi hosts until the VMware USB NIC Fling was updated to be compatible with Update 1. It is now updated and can be downloaded from here - VMware USB NIC Fling I downloaded... Continue Reading →
Well, for the second year, I have been accepted to the vExpert Cloud Provider subprogram for 2023! I applied to the vExpert sub program last year in 2022 and was accepted for the first time. So after renewing my vExpert for 2023, I figured I might as well apply again for the Cloud Provider subprogram... Continue Reading →
Thank you to @Intel and @vExpert for the opportunity to test some unique technology in the Intel Optane drives. I have been part of the VMware vExpert program for four years now, and in 2023, there was a webinar done by Intel on their Optane drives. After the webinar, there was the chance to be... Continue Reading →
VMware Tanzu Vanguard 2023 It is official, and I have been awarded VMware Tanzu Vanguard 2023 for the first time applying. On December 18, 2022, a very nice email arrived in my inbox from Brian Chang (@techadvoguy), one of the community managers indicating he received my application and was giving me the chance to join... Continue Reading →
VMware vExpert 2023 It is official; I have been awarded VMware vExpert 2023 for the 4th year. My first application was in 2020, and I was accepted, so I continued to apply again in the Evangelist Path for 2023. As luck would have it, I was accepted for 2023, another year in a great program.... Continue Reading →
I got accepted to the vExpert Cloud Provider subprogram! This year I was accepted to the vExpert 2022 program for the third year in a row and decided to apply to the subprogram for Cloud Provider. Since I work with an MSP and we have many vCloud/NSX installed in our datacenters, I thought it would... Continue Reading →
I have been using my Synology DS920+ now for just over a year. I got contacted by someone there about testing a unit, and my initial blog was in February 2021 - Synology Initial Blog and I have since written other blogs about different aspects of the Synology interface, etc. - Synology Web Console Synology... Continue Reading →
VMware vExpert 2022 It is official, I have been awarded VMware vExpert 2022 for the 3rd year in a row. I first applied in 2020 as my first go-round and was accepted, so continued to apply again in the Evangelist Path for 2022. As luck would have it I was accepted for 2022 so another... Continue Reading →
***Disclaimer: This article was written to explain what not to do and is in no way blaming Synology for my mistake. I want to ensure no one else makes a similar mistake and loses data as I did.*** It has been a while since I blogged about the Synology DS920+ that I have and received... Continue Reading →
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